Creator |
United States. Army. Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 29th (1861-1865) |
Contributor |
Letford, William. |
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Pennsylvania. Philadelphia. 1861. |
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Bonfield, George Robert, 1805-1898, engraver. |
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King & Baird, printer. |
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Howell, Joseph B., b. ca. 1830, ill. |
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McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector. |
Title |
Recruits wanted! For the 29th Pa. Reg't. : Col. John K. Murphy, now in the field! Recruits for this regiment are now mustered
into the U.S. service, equipped and receive their bounty in Philadelphia, immediately after being mustered in. $160 bounty!
The following bounties are paid each recruit: Government bounty in advance, $25.00 Enlistment, 4.00 Bounty from Citizens'
Bounty Fund, 50.00 Premium " " " " 6.00 Total bounties in advance, $85.00 Government bounty at the expiration of term of service,
$75.00 Total bounty paid, $160.00 Apply at the recruiting station, 24 South Fifth St. below Market. / Lieut. Wm. Letford,
adj. and recruiting officer.
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Publisher |
[Philadelphia, Pa.] : King & Baird, printers, 607 Sansom Street, Philadelphia |
Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1861 |
Date |
[between 1861 and 1863] |
Physical Description |
1sheet ([1] p.) : ill. ; 82 x 56 cm. |
Notes |
The 29th Regiment of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, was authorized in May 1861 and mustered out of service in July 1865; it
was under command of Col. Murphy until April 23, 1863. Cf. S.P. Bates. History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, v. 1, p. 484, and
F.H. Taylor. Philadelphia in the Civil War 1861-1865, p. 61.
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The illustration, signed Bonfield and Howell, shows a Union soldier with rifle in hand, bayonet fixed, charging past a fallen
Confederate soldier in battle.
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Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook; MS. note: 100 Aug 18. |
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Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War. |
Subject |
Murphy, J. K. (John K.) |
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Citizens' Bounty Fund Committee (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
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United States. Army -- Recruiting, enlistment, etc. -- Civil War, 1861-1865. |
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Bounties, Military -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
Genre |
Broadsides. |
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Woodcuts. |
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Recruiting posters. |
Illustrator |
Bonfield, George Robert, 1805-1898, engraver. |
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Howell, Joseph B., b. ca. 1830, ill. |
Printer |
King & Baird, printer. |
Provenance |
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Books & Other Texts | Rare | 2# Am 1861 Uni Sta (1)5777.F.36d (McAllister) |
Accession number |
(1)5777.F.36d (McAllister) |